@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing "mathematical maturity", "lore", "toolbox" are all common concepts that overlap it significantly.
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Rota's take just seems really strawmanny to me.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing There's a (modal) distaste for talking about the Big Issues for their own sake, maybe Grothendieck fallout.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Talking about Big Issues is a common feature of cranks who gravitate to math departments, too.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Yeah, that would probably be me :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing No, I'm talking about genuinely damaged people. Every department seems to have one.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing At FAU the guy had some kind of brain injury, obvious scar on his head, people were afraid to run him off.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing At UGa it was an autistic guy in a windbreaker who showed up at department teas to scarf cookies.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I think that would describe most of the MIT math department as I remember it—certainly my advisor!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing No. There are certainly damaged people with tenure but these people were obviously *broken*.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing Yes, sorry, I was making a joke. I do know the sort of person you mean. The MIT AI Lab was a magnet for them too.
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